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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI105214

The Contractile Properties of Human Heart Muscle: Studies on Myocardial Mechanics of Surgically Excised Papillary Muscles

Edmund H. Sonnenblick, Eugene Braunwald, and Andrew G. Morrow

Cardiology Branch and the Clinic of Surgery, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

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Address requests for reprints to Dr. Edmund H. Sonnenblick, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

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Submitted for publication December 28, 1964; accepted February 25, 1965.

Presented in part before the American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 4, 1964, Atlantic City, N. J.

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Cardiology Branch and the Clinic of Surgery, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

†

Address requests for reprints to Dr. Edmund H. Sonnenblick, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

*

Submitted for publication December 28, 1964; accepted February 25, 1965.

Presented in part before the American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 4, 1964, Atlantic City, N. J.

Find articles by Braunwald, E. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Cardiology Branch and the Clinic of Surgery, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md.

†

Address requests for reprints to Dr. Edmund H. Sonnenblick, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Md. 20014.

*

Submitted for publication December 28, 1964; accepted February 25, 1965.

Presented in part before the American Society for Clinical Investigation, May 4, 1964, Atlantic City, N. J.

Find articles by Morrow, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published June 1, 1965 - More info

Published in Volume 44, Issue 6 on June 1, 1965
J Clin Invest. 1965;44(6):966–977. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI105214.
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